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Northern Mariana Islands visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 202622 official sources collected
Visa-free6ETA47Visa required107Entry restricted39
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199 passports

Visa-free

6

ETA

47

Visa required

107

Entry restricted

39
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Entry restricted

    PP 10998 full ordinary-visitor entry suspension

    PP 10998 fully suspends the specified nationals' and Palestinian Authority document holders' ordinary visitor entry and visa issuance, subject to its express grandfathering and exceptions.

    • The suspension took effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on 2026-01-01 and applies only to people outside the United States then who lacked a valid visa; PP 10998 does not revoke earlier visas.
    • Categorical exceptions include lawful permanent residents, specified diplomatic or official visa holders, qualifying special immigrant visas, and certain major-sporting-event participants.
    • The immigrant-visa exception for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran applies only to the Iran relationship.
    • A dual national is outside the restriction when travelling on a passport issued by a country not designated by PP 10998.
    • The Attorney General, Secretary of State, or Secretary of Homeland Security may grant an individual critical-national-interest or national-interest exception under the proclamation.
    • The proclamation does not limit asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or Convention Against Torture protection under United States law.
    • For PS, the full restriction attaches to travel on Palestinian Authority-issued or -endorsed travel documents, not nationality alone.
    20 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Congo (Rep.), Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Chad, Yemen

    Official sourcesThe White House: Presidential Proclamation 10998: full entry suspensionUnited States Department of State: PP 10998 current full visa-issuance suspensionOffice of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(38), geographical definition of United States
  2. Entry restricted

    PP 10998 partial B-1/B-2 visitor-entry suspension

    PP 10998 suspends B-1, B-2, and B-1/B-2 visitor entry and visa issuance for the specified nationals, subject to its express grandfathering and exceptions.

    • For ordinary short visitors, the partial suspension covers B-1, B-2, and B-1/B-2 visas; it also covers F, M, J, and immigrant visas outside this visitor policy.
    • The suspension took effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on 2026-01-01 and applies only to people outside the United States then who lacked a valid visa; PP 10998 does not revoke earlier visas.
    • Categorical exceptions include lawful permanent residents, specified diplomatic or official visa holders, qualifying special immigrant visas, and certain major-sporting-event participants.
    • A dual national is outside the restriction when travelling on a passport issued by a country not designated by PP 10998.
    • The Attorney General, Secretary of State, or Secretary of Homeland Security may grant an individual critical-national-interest or national-interest exception under the proclamation.
    • The proclamation does not limit asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or Convention Against Torture protection under United States law.
    19 passport nationalities covered

    Antigua and Barbuda, Angola, Burundi, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Mauritania, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Tonga, Tanzania, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourcesThe White House: Presidential Proclamation 10998: partial B-visitor entry suspensionUnited States Department of State: PP 10998 current partial B-visitor visa-issuance suspensionOffice of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(38), geographical definition of United States
  3. Current official routeETA

    Guam and Northern Mariana Islands: G-CNMI electronic travel authorization

    The live CBP G-CNMI portal names this 12-passport cohort and requires a G-CNMI ETA for business or pleasure visits of 45 days or less.

    • The authorization is for Guam or CNMI only, for business or pleasure up to 45 days; it is not an ESTA or a visa and does not create access to other U.S. destinations.
    • Hong Kong requires an HKSAR passport and Hong Kong identification card. Taiwan eligibility is subject to the portal's Taiwan-specific conditions.
    • The State Department VWP page still refers to Form I-736 for this program; the current CBP G-CNMI portal's electronic authorization controls this normalized ETA route.
    • Passport, purpose, admissibility, onward-travel, prior-travel, security, residence, work, crew, transit, diplomatic/official and special-document conditions remain material.
    12 passport nationalities covered

    Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong (SAR China), Japan, Malaysia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), United Kingdom

    Official sourceeCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  4. Current official routeETA

    Guam and Northern Mariana Islands: other federal VWP passports require ESTA

    For VWP passports not using the separate G-CNMI program, CBP states that international travel to Guam or CNMI under the federal VWP requires ESTA.

    • This records the federal VWP/ESTA route, not the G-CNMI program. It covers only tourism or business stays of 90 days or less, subject to federal VWP eligibility and admissibility.
    • A compliant e-passport and approved ESTA are required before international travel. The VWP prior-travel and dual-nationality exclusions can require a visitor visa.
    • Work, residence, credit study, crew, transit, diplomatic/official and special-document routes are excluded.
    34 passport nationalities covered

    Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: U.S. Department of State: Visa Waiver ProgrameCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  5. Current official routeETA

    Northern Mariana Islands: PRC CNMI EVS-TAP authorization

    The live CBP G-CNMI portal expressly provides a CNMI EVS-TAP electronic authorization route for PRC citizens visiting the CNMI for 14 days or less.

    • This is a CNMI-only electronic authorization route for PRC citizens, for business or pleasure stays of 14 days or less; it does not establish entry to Guam or other U.S. destinations.
    • The live portal requires application, passport and eligibility information before travel; approval does not guarantee admission.
    • The State Department page's older Form I-736 wording conflicts operationally with the current electronic CBP portal; no route is inferred for PRC passports to Guam.
    • Residence, work, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document, security and admissibility rules remain outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    China

    Official sourceeCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  6. Current official routeVisa-free

    U.S. passport holder: American Samoa, Guam and CNMI domestic/citizenship treatment

    A U.S. citizen or national travelling on a U.S. ordinary passport does not use a foreign visitor visa, ESTA, G-CNMI ETA or territorial visitor-permit route. The project has no separate U.S.-citizenship status for AS, GU and MP, so this no-visa treatment is normalized as visa_free.

    • For American Samoa, this covers the official U.S. citizen/national document route: a valid U.S. passport or equivalent specified citizenship/identity documents, confirmed return or onward travel, and the entry page's proof-of-employment or official-assignment requirement. Travellers meeting the valid-document route do not need an OK Board; its waiver process covers lost, expired or substitute documents.
    • For Guam and CNMI, federal documentary rules regulate nonimmigrant aliens. This is not a foreign visitor category, does not establish entry for a dual national travelling on another passport, and does not cover residence, work, parole, military, transit, diplomatic, special-document or final-admission cases.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesAmerican Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: U.S. citizen/national entry documentsAmerican Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: U.S. citizen or national OK Board guidanceU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  7. Current official routeVisa-free

    Guam and CNMI: Canadian citizen visitor no-visa route

    The U.S. State Department states that Canadian citizens travelling to the United States do not require a nonimmigrant visa, subject to its listed non-visitor and inadmissibility exceptions. This applies to ordinary Canadian visitor passports for Guam and CNMI and is normalized as visa_free.

    • This is not ESTA, VWP or G-CNMI VWP. It is limited to ordinary short visitor travel and remains subject to U.S. immigration law, inspection and admissibility.
    • Canadian official, treaty-trader/investor, K, S and other specifically listed non-visitor purposes require visas; permanent residents of Canada are not Canadian citizens for this rule.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Canada

    Official sourceU.S. Department of State: Citizens of Canada and Bermuda
  8. Current official routeVisa-free

    Guam and CNMI: eligible Freely Associated State citizen Compact no-visa route

    Current U.S. State Department Compact guidance establishes visa-free U.S. entry for eligible FSM, Marshall Islands and Palau citizens. The ordinary-passport visitor route for Guam and CNMI is normalized as visa_free.

    • This policy is for citizens eligible under the respective Compact, travelling on a valid national ordinary passport; CBP inspection, I-94 documentation, admissibility and the territorial scope remain material.
    • FSM alien spouses or children do not share the privilege. RMI eligibility varies with citizenship/acquisition, relationship and purpose; adoption and citizenship/passports acquired through investment/passport-sale programs are excluded. Palau’s privilege generally does not extend to alien spouses/children and official-passport official travel can require a visa.
    • These Compact residence, study and employment privileges do not make a third-country holder, a resident/document route, a special passport or a parole/crew/transit case passport-wide visitor access.
    3 passport nationalities covered

    Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau Islands

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: Micronesia, Federated States of: reciprocity and civil documentsU.S. Department of State: Marshall Islands: reciprocity and civil documentsU.S. Department of State: Palau: reciprocity and civil documents
  9. Current official routeETA

    Guam and CNMI: G-CNMI Visa Waiver Program electronic travel authorization

    Current 8 CFR 212.1(q) names these ten countries plus the qualifying Hong Kong and Taiwan routes and requires a CBP electronic travel authorization before embarkation. It is therefore normalized as eta, not visa_free.

    • For travel on or after 29 November 2024, receive CBP G-CNMI travel authorization before embarking, then request admission for business or pleasure in Guam or CNMI for no more than 45 days.
    • A valid ICAO-compliant machine-readable passport, I-94, qualifying carrier and round-trip ticket are required. Hong Kong requires an HKSAR or BN(O) passport plus Hong Kong ID; Taiwan requires Taiwan residence, prescribed itinerary, Taiwan ID and passport/re-entry permit.
    • The authorization is neither a visa nor a determination of admissibility. It does not permit travel beyond Guam/CNMI, extension or change of status; work, residence, credit study, transit, crew, parole, diplomatic, official and special-document cases remain separate.
    • The State Department's general VWP page still mentions paper Form I-736, while current 8 CFR and the live CBP service require electronic authorization; this mapping follows the controlling regulation and operational portal.
    12 passport nationalities covered

    Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong (SAR China), Japan, Malaysia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), United Kingdom

    Official sourcesU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Customs and Border Protection: CBP Official G-CNMI ETA Application WebsiteU.S. Department of State: Visa Waiver Program
  10. Current official routeETA

    Guam and CNMI: other federal VWP ordinary passports require ESTA

    For these federal VWP passport codes not covered by the separate G-CNMI program, the State Department requires approved ESTA before U.S. visitor travel. The Guam/CNMI route is normalized as eta.

    • This covers tourism or business stays of 90 days or less, with an e-passport and approved ESTA before travel; it is distinct from the G-CNMI 45-day program.
    • VWP Improvement Act prior-travel, dual-nationality, carrier, passport, admissibility and purpose limitations can require a visitor visa. Work, credit study, residence, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document, transit and final-admission cases are excluded.
    34 passport nationalities covered

    Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

    Official sourcesU.S. Department of State: Visa Waiver ProgramU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Customs and Border Protection: Electronic System for Travel Authorization
  11. Current official routeETA

    Northern Mariana Islands: PRC CNMI EVS-TAP

    Current 8 CFR 212.1(r) establishes CNMI EVS-TAP as a restricted pre-travel electronic authorization sub-program for PRC nationals, so the short-visitor route is normalized as eta.

    • Before embarking, the PRC national must receive CBP electronic authorization, be a business/pleasure visitor, use an ICAO-compliant PRC machine-readable passport and hold the required round-trip ticket and I-94.
    • Entry and stay are CNMI-only for no more than 14 days; it is neither admission to Guam nor ordinary U.S. entry. No extension or change of status is available; residence, work, transit, crew, parole, diplomatic, official, special-document and final-admission routes are outside this policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    China

    Official sourcesU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Customs and Border Protection: CBP Official G-CNMI ETA Application Website
  12. Current official routeVisa-free

    Guam and CNMI: qualifying Bahamian preclearance no-visa route

    Current 8 CFR 212.1 provides a narrow no-visa exception for a qualifying Bahamian traveller examined by U.S. immigration officers in the Bahamas before direct travel. The project normalizes that conditional ordinary-passport route as visa_free, consistently with its existing U.S. destination evidence.

    • The exception is not general visa-free travel: it depends on Bahamian residence/citizenship documentation, prior U.S. immigration examination in the Bahamas and travel on the qualifying inspected route.
    • A traveller outside those conditions can require a U.S. visitor visa. Residence, work, study, transit, crew, diplomatic, official, special-document and final-admission cases remain separate.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    The Bahamas

    Official sourceU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  13. Current official routeVisa required

    Guam and CNMI: remaining foreign ordinary passports require advance visa

    For every remaining catalog foreign ordinary passport not affected by the current proclamation and after the separate Bahamian, Canadian, Compact, federal VWP, G-CNMI and PRC-CNMI exceptions are removed, current 8 CFR 212.1 applies its general requirement to present a valid visa.

    • This is the ordinary short business/pleasure nationality baseline, not a finding that every person holding the passport lacks a valid U.S. visa or other immigration status.
    • Valid U.S. visas, lawful permanent residence, advance parole, humanitarian or individual documentary waivers, visas for transit/crew/work/study/residence, diplomatic/official/special passports and inadmissibility remain distinct conditional cases.
    • The rule never treats a residual passport as eligible for G-CNMI, federal VWP/ESTA, Compact or CNMI EVS-TAP merely by omission.
    • The catalog passports affected by Presidential Proclamation 10998 are deliberately unresolved because current entry and visitor-visa restrictions and their historic-visa, dual-national and other exceptions cannot be represented by one passport-wide access category.
    107 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Mexico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, Seychelles, Vatican City, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Grenada, Panama, Paraguay, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Macao (SAR China), Peru, Serbia, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Tuvalu, Georgia, Kiribati, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Russian Federation, Türkiye, Belize, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Kuwait, Maldives, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, Vanuatu, Bahrain, Guyana, Kosovo, Oman, Jamaica, Botswana, Belarus, Thailand, Bolivia, Suriname, Indonesia, Lesotho, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Dominican Republic, eSwatini, Morocco, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, Armenia, Mongolia, Philippines, Tunisia, Uganda, Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Madagascar, Tajikistan, Guinea, Vietnam, Guinea-Bissau, Algeria, Cameroon, Comoro Islands, Jordan, Liberia, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Bhutan, Egypt, Djibouti, Turkmenistan, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, North Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Iraq

    Official sourcesU.S. Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Department of State: Suspension of visa issuance to foreign nationals under Presidential Proclamation 10998The White House: Presidential Proclamation 10998: Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign NationalsU.S. Government Publishing Office: 8 U.S.C. 1101: Immigration and Nationality Act definitions
  14. Current official routeVisa-free

    U.S. ordinary passports: no foreign-visitor visa for the U.S. territories

    A U.S. citizen or national is not an alien for federal immigration law; American Samoa also gives U.S. citizens a document route rather than a foreign visitor permit.

    • This is normalized as visa_free because the destinations are territorial codes, not the sovereign United States. American Samoa’s current page specifies documentary requirements for non-resident U.S. citizens.
    • Residence, identity-document alternatives, military orders, emergency waivers, inspection and final admission are not normalized.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesU.S. Government Publishing Office: 8 U.S.C. 1101: Immigration and Nationality Act definitionsAmerican Samoa Department of Legal Affairs: U.S. citizen/national entry documents
  15. Current official routeVisa-free

    Guam and CNMI: Canadian, Compact and U.S. ordinary passports

    Federal law explicitly gives Canadian citizens and eligible FSM/RMI/Palau Compact citizens no-visa treatment; a U.S. passport holder is not an alien.

    • For Canada, the exemption is for Canadian citizens, not Canadian permanent residents; E, K, S and V classifications are excluded.
    • For FM, MH and PW, this is an eligible Compact-citizen route, not one for every country-issued document. RMI citizenship/acquisition, passport-sale and adoption exclusions; FSM spouse/child exclusions; and Palau official-passport conditions remain material.
    • Inspection, admissibility, work, residence, crew, transit, official/special documents and final admission remain outside these visitor baseline policies.
    4 passport nationalities covered

    Canada, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau Islands

    Official sourceseCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Department of State: Citizens of Canada and BermudaU.S. Department of State: Micronesia, Federated States of: reciprocity and civil documentsU.S. Department of State: Marshall Islands: reciprocity and civil documentsU.S. Department of State: Palau: reciprocity and civil documentsU.S. Government Publishing Office: 8 U.S.C. 1101: Immigration and Nationality Act definitions
  16. Current official routeVisa-free

    Federal territories: Bahamian preclearance visitor no-visa route

    The federal regulation creates a route-conditioned visitor no-visa exception for Bahamian nationals inspected by a U.S. immigration officer in the Bahamas before or at embarkation.

    • A passport is required. Before or at embarkation on a vessel or aircraft, the traveller must satisfy the examining U.S. immigration officer in the Bahamas that they are clearly and beyond doubt otherwise admissible.
    • This is not an unqualified waiver: other origins, travel modes, work, residence, transit and final admission remain outside the policy.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    The Bahamas

    Official sourceeCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrants
  17. Current official routeVisa required

    Northern Mariana Islands: explicit residual visitor-visa baseline

    The current federal documentary regulation expressly requires a valid visa unless a named exception applies; this cohort is outside CNMI’s federal no-visa, VWP/ESTA, G-CNMI and EVS-TAP passport cohorts.

    • This ordinary short-visitor baseline requires a valid unexpired U.S. nonimmigrant visa and passport. Qualifying residence, special-document, crew, transit, emergency-waiver and individual immigration routes are not normalized.
    • No eVisa, routine visa-on-arrival or universal electronic authorization is established. Consular issuance and final CBP admission remain required.
    107 passport nationalities covered

    United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Barbados, Mexico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Uruguay, Seychelles, Vatican City, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Panama, St. Lucia, Grenada, Paraguay, Ukraine, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, Macao (SAR China), Solomon Islands, Serbia, Guatemala, Samoa, Colombia, El Salvador, Tuvalu, Honduras, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Kiribati, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Türkiye, South Africa, Belize, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Kuwait, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, Kosovo, Vanuatu, Bahrain, Guyana, Jamaica, Oman, Botswana, Belarus, Thailand, Bolivia, Suriname, Indonesia, Lesotho, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Dominican Republic, eSwatini, Morocco, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Rwanda, Armenia, Philippines, Mongolia, Tunisia, Uganda, Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, India, Madagascar, Tajikistan, Guinea, Vietnam, Guinea-Bissau, Algeria, Cameroon, Comoro Islands, Jordan, Liberia, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Bhutan, Egypt, Djibouti, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, North Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Iraq

    Official sourceseCFR, Office of the Federal Register / Department of Homeland Security: 8 CFR 212.1: Documentary requirements for nonimmigrantsU.S. Government Publishing Office: 8 U.S.C. 1101: Immigration and Nationality Act definitions